St. John's woman in wheelchair trapped inside home with no bathroom access | Race-medalling Joshua the goat has become an international sensation, says owner | Self-taught video game developer brings a sinister twist for latest release
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Good morning, these are your top stories for Friday, October 04, 2024.
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St. John's woman in wheelchair trapped inside home with no bathroom access; Rhonda Whalen in the kitchen of her home\. This is where she uses the bathroom, bathes and has her meals prepared\. She is confined to the first floor of a two-storey public housing unit that the City of St\. John's owns\.

St. John's woman in wheelchair trapped inside home with no bathroom access

October 4 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Rhonda Whalen is trapped in her public housing unit and can't access the bathroom upstairs because she uses a wheelchair.
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Race-medalling Joshua the goat has become an international sensation, says owner; Heidi Taylor says she's been blown away by the attention Joshua the goat is getting since he ran in the half-marathon\.

Race-medalling Joshua the goat has become an international sensation, says owner

October 4 , 2024 at 10:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Heidi Taylor says since Joshua the goat hopped his way into a recent half-marathon in Conception Bay South, he's attracted attention from as far away as Australia and Germany.
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Self-taught video game developer brings a sinister twist for latest release; Gordon Little is just out with his fourth video game\.

Self-taught video game developer brings a sinister twist for latest release

October 4 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Developing video games isn't Gordon Little's day job, but the St. John's man just launched his fourth one. The CBC's Jeremy Eaton talked to Little about his creative outlet.

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Violent incidents show need for more police, say Conception Bay North mayors; Bay Roberts Mayor Walter Yetman, left, and Harbour Grace Mayor Don Coombs say more police supports are needed in their areas given a rise in crime, highlighted by a recent shooting and the finding of remains inside a pickup truck\.

Violent incidents show need for more police, say Conception Bay North mayors

October 4 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Little is known three days after a suspicious death in Bay Roberts, but the town's mayor says residents are feeling uneasy and there's a need for more police resources.
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Crops were stolen from a Stephenville garden. The community rallied to sprout a happy ending; The Bay St\. George YMCA in Stephenville had planned to donate the crops from its community garden to a food bank for Thanksgiving, but the potatoes were stolen from the garden\.

Crops were stolen from a Stephenville garden. The community rallied to sprout a happy ending

October 4 , 2024 at 07:30:00 a.m. NDT • :

Stolen crops from the YMCA Community Garden in Stephenville put a Thanksgiving donation in jeopardy, until residents from around the region stepped up to the plate to help.
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Drag star Reign Michaels was 'nothing short of incredible,' friends say; Reign Michaels was an icon of the St\. John's drag community\. She was the creation of Jonathan Nichol, who died in late September\.  

October 3 , 2024 at 04:36:32 p.m. NDT • :

Drag star Reign Michaels was 'nothing short of incredible,' friends say

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He's from Japan and has danced in Germany and Alberta — and now plans to put St. John's on the ballet map ; Yukuchi Hattori is the new artistic director of Kittiwake Dance Theatre in St\. John's\.  

October 3 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

He's from Japan and has danced in Germany and Alberta — and now plans to put St. John's on the ballet map

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Human remains found inside a pickup in Bay Roberts deemed a suspicious death; This photo obtained by CBC News shows a blue Chevrolet Colorado pickup engulfed in flames Monday morning on Country Road in Bay Roberts\. The RCMP confirmed Wednesday that human remains were found inside a pickup matching the same description\.  

October 2 , 2024 at 03:34:53 p.m. NDT • :

Human remains found inside a pickup in Bay Roberts deemed a suspicious death

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Rider dead after electric scooter crashes into St. John's light pole; The RNC will expand its jurisdiction to serve over 33,000 additional residents of western Newfoundland beginning on Feb\. 1\.  

October 2 , 2024 at 04:39:48 p.m. NDT • :

Rider dead after electric scooter crashes into St. John's light pole

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Darryl Harding again booted from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's town council; Almost two months ago, Darryl Harding sent a scathing letter accusing Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Leader Tony Wakeham of cherry-picking the party's candidate for the upcoming Conception Bay East-Bell Island byelection\. Now the former PC district association president is running in the byelection an independent\.  

October 3 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. NDT • :

Darryl Harding again booted from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's town council

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